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Eight Corrections Powder
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Plantaginis Semen; Dianthi Herba; Polygoni Avicularis Herba; Talcum; Gardeniae Fructus; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle; Akebiae Caulis; Rhei Radix et Rhizoma
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Clears heat and subdues fire, promotes urination, and relieves strangury.
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Ba Zheng San is indicated for damp-heat strangury. The symptoms are frequent urgent urination, odynuria, dribbling urination, dark yellow urine, retention of urine in severe cases, cramps and fullness of abdomen, and a dry mouth and throat. The coating is yellow and greasy and the pulse is slippery and rapid.
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2
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Six-to-One Powder
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Talcum; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Clears summerheat and drains dampness.
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This formula is indicated for summerheat-dampness. The symptoms are fever with vexation and thirst, inhibited urination, and diarrhea.
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3
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Polyporus Decoction
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Polyporus; Poria; Alismatis Rhizoma; Asini Corii Colla; Talcum
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Promotes urination, nourishes yin, and clears heat.
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Zhu Ling Tang is indicated for patterns of binding water and heat. The symptoms are dysuria, fever, thirst with a desire to drink, vexation, insomnia, coughing, vomiting, nausea, and diarrhea. The tongue is red with a white or slightly yellow coating and the pulse is thready and rapid. It is also indicated for blood strangury marked by difficult, painful urination as well as pain and distension of the abdomen.
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4
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Gentian Liver-Draining Decoction
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Gentianae Radix et Rhizoma; Scutellariae Radix; Gardeniae Fructus; Alismatis Rhizoma; Akebiae Caulis; Plantaginis Semen; Angelicae Sinensis Radix; Rehmanniae Radix; Bupleuri Radix; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
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Clears and drains excessive fire of the liver and gallbladder, and clears damp-heat in the liver channel.
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1. Flaming up of excessive fire of the liver and gallbladder, which manifests as headache and red eyes, pain in the rib-side, bitter taste in the mouth, deafness, swelling of the ears, a red tongue with a yellow coating, and a forceful wiry, rapid pulse. 2. Pouring downward of damp-heat in the liver channel, which manifests as vaginal swelling and itching, dampness or sweating at the exterior genitalia, painful urination with turbid urine, impotence, smelly yellow leukorrhea, a red tongue with a yellow greasy coating, and a slippery, wiry, rapid pulse.
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